Ballet appeared in Italy in the heyday of the Renaissance in15-16th century, and artists tried their best to imitate the artistic style of ancient Greece. The earliest ballet performance was held at a palace banquet. 1489, orpheus was staged in an Italian town to celebrate the wedding of the Duke of Milan and Princess Idabel of Aragon. The form of performance at that time was completely different from the ballet performance we see today. Each performance is generally related to serving food, such as eating wild boar after the start of simulated hunting performance; The sea god and the river god appeared and began to eat fish. Then, many mythical figures came to the stage to offer many dishes and fruits, and finally the guests took part in a lively and carnival performance. This is a performance form that integrates singing, dancing, recitation and drama performance. It can be said that it is the embryonic form of ballet, and later people call it "banquet ballet".

Palace ballet

With the intermarriage between Italian aristocrats and French courts, Italian ballet performances were brought to France. 158 1 year, the queen's comedy ballet was staged at Henry III's sister Margaret's wedding. There was no stage at that time, and the audience sat in a two-story corridor with three walls. The king and the dignitaries sat on the altar and performed on the floor of the hall. Director Beauvoir is an Italian employed in France. The content shows how Se Se conquered Apollo, but had to give in to His Majesty the King of France. The performance combines drama, music, dance, recitation and acrobatics. During the period of Louis XIV (1643- 17 15), French ballet reached its peak. Louis XIV himself loved dancing and was well trained. /kloc-When he was 0/5 years old, he participated in the performance of the court ballet Cassandra and played Apollo.

Action ballet

/kloc-The European Enlightenment in the 0/8th century profoundly influenced the development of French ballet. His innovative ideas are manifested in opposing ballet as an ornament for aristocratic pastimes, making ballet express real life like drama, and advocating that ballet should have social content and educational significance. This is the background of the "drama ballet". Novell represents the mainstream of European ballet innovation and embodies the democratic spirit of the Enlightenment. In "Dance and Dance Drama Letters", he put forward his own innovative ideas on ballet. Jean Dobejval, a student in Norvell, created the ballet "Unhelpful Caution", which is still being performed today and has become a repertoire of major contemporary ballet companies.

Romantic ballet

Romantic ballet is a "golden age" in the history of ballet development, which has experienced brilliant stages in dance skills, choreography and performance forms. The emergence of ballet such as Fairy, Giselle, Melar and One Pirate has created a number of ballet talents, such as Perot, Burnville, Tancho and isler. The characteristics of ballet in this period are summarized as follows:

1, changes in content and theme. Extraordinary gods and ghosts have replaced the characters in myths and legends and ancient heroic stories. Reflect a dissatisfaction and disappointment with reality, a pursuit of interests in another world beyond the world, or use death to get rid of disappointment with reality, or use an unrealistic pursuit to replace the desire for life. The representative works include Fairy (1832) and Giselle (184 1). Giselle, a collection of French styles, became the pinnacle of romantic ballet, and then the combination of romanticism and realism gradually appeared.